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1 week ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Ever since Putin invaded Ukraine and now Trump's sabotage of the US democracy, the alarm has been sounded in the Arctic camp. As international cooperation crumbles, the Nordics find strengthened unity with the rest of Europe. The storms have been particularly strong around Greenland, and the Danish prime minister now believes the commonwealth is in a dangerous situation.
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1 week ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Les på norsk. Nussir ASA has worked for 20 years toward operating a copper mine in Repparfjorden, Hammerfest municipality in Northern Norway. The plan was for the mining waste to be dumped in the fjord, leading to major protests from environmental organisations and the reindeer husbandry industry. This has contributed to difficulties in securing financing.
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1 week ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Les på norsk. Nussir ASA has worked for 20 years toward operating a copper mine in Repparfjorden, Hammerfest municipality in Northern Norway. The plan was for the mining waste to be dumped in the fjord, leading to major protests from environmental organisations and the reindeer husbandry industry. This has contributed to difficulties in securing financing.
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1 week ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Les på norsk. Nussir ASA has worked for 20 years toward operating a copper mine in Repparfjorden, Hammerfest municipality in Northern Norway. The plan was for the mining waste to be dumped in the fjord, leading to major protests from environmental organisations and the reindeer husbandry industry. This has contributed to difficulties in securing financing.
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2 weeks ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Les nyhetsbrevet på norskFirst, a brief look at tourism. A new analysis shows that ocean fishing tourism generated at least NOK 452 in value creation in Norway in 2023. (Norwegian only) Despite the EU’s transshipment ban on Russian liquefied natural gas, it remains business as usual for Novatek’s Yamal project. At the same time, the West is tightening its security grip on the Arctic. The US Coast Guard has taken the first key step in strengthening its Arctic posture through a new icebreaker.
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3 weeks ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Les nyhetsbrevet på norskNot unexpectedly, a report for 2024 shows that the Arctic climate is continuing to change at an alarming rate. But these findings are hard to translate into political action. Now, on to the good news: music from the North. The world's northernmost orchestra is bringing its Arctic sounds to some of Europe's most prestigious venues this summer.
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1 month ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
This week, Commentator Arne O. Holm and I participated in the Kirkenes Conference in the municipality bordering Russia in the North. Or East, we should say. Kirkenes is located at 70,3 degrees North and is as far East as Istanbul or Kairo. Empty streets, a fair share of dark shop windows, and politicians practically begging for help characterize the border city. Because High North politics is not like other politics. "It is meant to work locally, but to be understood and defended nationally.
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1 month ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
The Secretary General will meet the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Espen Barth Eide, and the Minister of Defence, Tore Sandvik. He will also join a number of military field activities during his visit. "Rutte will visit a part of the country that is important for receiving allied forces. We will showcase joint training between Norwegian and other NATO countries' military forces.
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1 month ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
Les nyhetsbrevet på norskWhile the Trump Administration is stepping up efforts in its pursuit of “acquiring” Greenland and threatens to take over Canada, the Arctic countries “met” in Northern Norway, where the Kingdom of Denmark, spearheaded by Greenland, has taken over the chairship of the Arctic Council. Researchers at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute called it the most important meeting in the Arctic this year.
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1 month ago | 
highnorthnews.com | Trine Høklie Jonassen
12 May 2025 – Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) participated in the 14th Arctic Council Meeting held in Romsa-Tromsø, Norway. As a founding member and Permanent Participant representing approximately 180,000 Inuit across Alaska (USA), Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), and Chukotka (Russia), ICC has played a central role in shaping the Arctic Council.
